Flora Pheoba WillisAge: 94 years1894–1988
- Name
- Flora Pheoba Willis
- Given names
- Flora Pheoba
- Surname
- Willis
- Married name
- Flora Pheoba Flood
 Birth | March 21, 1894 53 36 |
 Birth of a brother | William Bradley “Willie” Willis September 11, 1897 (Age 3 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 28, 1900 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Mildred M Satterfield after 1900 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a father | James Monroe Willis June 14, 1902 (Age 8 years) |
| Census | May 12, 1910 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 21 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 22 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 23 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a son #1 | Edwin Warren Flood July 19, 1921 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | James W “Jim” Christian October 17, 1927 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 35 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 9, 1930 (Age 36 years) |
| Census | April 23, 1940 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a son | Edwin Warren Flood February 14, 1944 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Bell Christian June 16, 1946 (Age 52 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a husband | Buell Hester Flood August 18, 1962 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | James Henry Willis September 17, 1968 (Age 74 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a brother | William Bradley “Willie” Willis June 28, 1977 (Age 83 years) |
 Death | July 29, 1988 (Age 94 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Monroe Willis Birth: November 1840 — Callaway, Bell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 14, 1902 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Bell Christian Birth: October 20, 1857 33 25 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 16, 1946 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: estimated 1893 — |
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15 months herself |
Flora Pheoba Willis Birth: March 21, 1894 53 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1988 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger brother |
William Bradley “Willie” Willis Birth: September 11, 1897 56 39 — Mt. Sharon, Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: June 28, 1977 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| Father’s family with Martha Catherine Heltsley |
| father |
James Monroe Willis Birth: November 1840 — Callaway, Bell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 14, 1902 — Elkton, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| step-mother |
Martha Catherine Heltsley Birth: October 6, 1841 — Kentucky, United States Death: October 14, 1887 — Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| half-brother |
James Henry Willis Birth: November 15, 1883 43 42 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: September 17, 1968 — Russellville, Logan, Kentucky, United States |
| Mother’s family with an unknown individual |
| mother |
Nancy Bell Christian Birth: October 20, 1857 33 25 — Caldwell, Kentucky, United States Death: June 16, 1946 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| half-brother |
James W “Jim” Christian Birth: April 24, 1879 21 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: October 17, 1927 — Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Buell Hester Flood |
| husband |
Buell Hester Flood Birth: February 18, 1887 — Kentucky, United States Death: August 18, 1962 — Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Flora Pheoba Willis Birth: March 21, 1894 53 36 — Kentucky, United States Death: July 29, 1988 — Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Edwin Warren Flood Birth: July 19, 1921 34 27 — Logan, Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1944 — Fort William Mckinley, Manila, Philippines |
| daughter |
Private |
Flora Pheoba Willis has 7 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (7)
Parents John W Gregory + Almorinda Jane “Alma” Christian
Parents James Samuel Grisham + Annie Elizabeth Christian
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Monroe Willis - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Nancy Bell Christian - Household
Sharon Grove, Todd, Kentucky
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